Pass on the Blessing

I am sitting in the back yard at a picnic table under the water tower out of the sun.  I can hear some of our Made in the Streets Team members and students outside the walls.  They are working in the soil, planting their own gardens.  Our house sits on the corner of an acre that we bought back in 1994 when the prices were cheap, comparatively speaking.  This year we decided to let Victor (our agriculture teacher and farm manager) divide up the acre into plots for each Team member and student who wants to grow vegetables, make a little money and supply MITS with food.  We told them they could grow it on the halves -- keep half for themselves and give MITS half what they grow.  17 of them signed up, and they have been working when they have free time.  We feel really good about being able to help each one of them have a place to work and grow food.  So many people have helped us in our lives -- how great to "pass on the blessing."

Thinking about what brings me happiness, most of you know
it turned out to be the "desire of my heart" to help street kids
to find a new life.  In two weeks these young boys who have
been sleeping on the streets will come out to Kamulu to
live with us.  Talk about passing on the blessings!  That's
Moses in the middle, one of our Eastleigh Team members.

And speaking of my heart's desires, soon after we moved out
to Kamulu, I wanted to start an orchard.  Some friends in Kentucky
and Tennessee helped us get funds for it.  It has taken more than
 four years, but this year we have mango trees with lots of fruit,
and the orange, macadamia, avocado, marring and mulberry trees
are also doing very well.  It gives us lots of blessings that we
can pass on to our students and to kids still sleeping on the streets.

Wow!  Life is good!